The Post goes inside the Super Bowl to determine who has the edge, and where.

Seahawks pass offense vs. Patriots pass defense

The Seahawks will be in big, big trouble if they are not sharper than they were in the NFC title game, where their passing attack was dismal.

Quarterback Russell Wilson threw a ghastly four interceptions — two deflecting off the hands of receiver Jermaine Kearse. This is not where the Seahawks earn their stripes — they were just 27th in the league in passing offense, despite Wilson’s efficiency. They just aren’t built to wing it up and down the field.

Doug Baldwin is the top target, but he is just 5-foot-10. Kearse is a deep threat — he caught the game-winning touchdown pass in overtime to sink the Packers two weeks ago — but he is not going to have his way with Patriots cornerback Darrelle Revis, who has the goods to lock him up.

Figure CB Brandon Browner, a former Seahawk, will use his physical style to disrupt Baldwin or Kearse and safety Devin McCourty will help in coverage as well. Tight end Luke Willson can be a pest and is athletic enough to get down the field. His duel with linebacker Jamie Collins will be interesting.

The Patriots have a hard time generating a pass rush, and they couldn’t lay a glove on Colts QB Andrew Luck in the AFC title game until they started blitzing. Watch for defensive end Rob Ninkovich (team-high eight sacks) to get the better of rookie right tackle Justin Britt, who is coming off a knee injury that kept him out of the NFC title game.

Edge: Patriots

Seahawks run offense vs. Patriots run defense

This has got to be a two-headed monster for the Seahawks. Wilson can’t be as tentative as he was two weeks ago against the Packers. He must exploit the Patriots, if they are in man coverage, and run with the ball 8-10 times to loosen things up.

Patriots coach Bill Belichick is going to devise a defensive attack to put maximum attention on running back Marshawn Lynch, who is coming off a 157-yard eruption (120 yards after halftime) to sink the Packers. Expect Lynch to see plenty of eight-man fronts. Lynch was a pain to the media in the week leading up to the game, but on Sundays he is a pain to the defense. When Lynch gets into “Beast Mode,” the entire Seattle team gets energized.

The Pats were ranked ninth in the league in stopping the run, and LBs Akeem Ayers, Don’t’a Hightower and Collins are active. Can Seattle’s excellent veteran center Max Unger move very excellent defensive tackle Vince Wilfork? He will need help against this 325-pound monolith. The Patriots will be ready for the read-option, but Wilson pulling the ball down and scrambling, especially on third down, can be a killer. The guy averaged a robust 8.4 yards a carry, and his legs could be the difference in this game.

Edge: Seahawks

Patriots pass offense vs. Seahawks pass defense

It is not as if the Patriots light up the scoreboard every week in their passing game — they were ranked No. 9 in pass offense this season — but it is how they earn their keep. Tom Brady throwing on the renowned Legion of Boom secondary is great theater. He is not blessed with Pro Bowl-caliber weapons around him, other than TE Rob Gronkowski, who is eager to play in a Super Bowl when healthy (he limped around on a high-ankle sprain that left in ineffective vs. the Giants three years ago). It will not be Gronk vs. hulking safety Kam Chancellor all the time, but it will be some of the time, and that’s a treat for everyone.

Brady will have to be as precise as he ever has been to thread the needle vs. CBs Richard Sherman and Byron Maxwell — look for him to try to throw in Maxwell’s direction far more often. There is no big receiver for Sherman to sink his teeth into, with Brandon LaFell the best option, but Sherman will see plenty of the shifty Julian Edelman, who is strictly a possession guy. When he catches it, he will take a pounding against this group.

Up front, the Seahawks come at you in waves. Their pass rush is not great but it is relentless, and it will probably be focused right up the middle, at rookie center Bryan Stork.

Edge: Seahawks

Patriots run offense vs. Seahawks run defense

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Fantasy football owners know this is a nightmare deal with the Patriots. One week it’s Jonas Gray, the next it’s LeGarrette Blount and there always is some Shane Vereen mixed in there. The rushing leader this season was Gray with 412 yards, and he might not get a single carry in this game, which tells you something. Blount has been the workhorse lately, and he will try to find space against the league’s third-best run defense — a defense that did not look like anything special up front for three quarters two weeks ago, when Green Bay’s Eddie Lacy muscled for yardage.

This is where the Seattle linebackers shine, especially Bobby Wagner in the middle, and the Pats will need a healthy dose of fullback James Develin to clear the way and keep Wagner from running free at the ball-carrier. LBs K.J. Wright and Bruce Irvin can be disruptive forces as well.

Blount made some noise this week saying the Seattle defense isn’t immortal so he should expect a few extra knocks.

Edge: Seahawks

Special teams

Man, oh man, did the Seahawks make up for a so-so regular season with a stunning display in the NFC Championship game. They would not have come back to beat the Packers if not for a fake field goal turned into a touchdown and a recovered onside kick.

Jon Ryan is an extremely accurate punter and Steven Hauschka is a reliable kicker, but the return game is ordinary.

The Patriots are hard to beat here. Their coverage is excellent, thanks largely to Matthew Slater, a Pro Bowler and difference-maker. Edelman was second in the NFL in punt returns (12-yard average), including an 84-yard return for a TD.

There is no better kicker than Stephen Gostkowski, who led the league with 156 points and missed just two field goals (35-of-37) all season.

Edge: Patriots

Coaching

We all remember that Pete Carroll was the head coach in New England before Belichick and to this day, Carroll feels he got a raw deal with the Patriots, so there’s some added incentive there.

There is no more optimistic presence than Carroll, who instills a competitive fire in his team and has his finger firmly on the pulse of what goes on in Seattle. He keeps it loose while getting his players to go hard and masterfully navigated his club through the difficult year-after Super Bowl challenge.

Belichick has 21 postseason victories, surpassing Cowboys legend Tom Landry to top the coaching ranks but, because of losses to the Giants four years apart, hasn’t won a Super Bowl in 10 years. He is a master at designing game plans for specific opponents and will have something up his sleeve for this game. How much has Deflategate taken out of him?